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Premier calls for reform to B.C.'s process for determining expensive-drug coverage

Premier calls for reform to B.C.'s process for determining expensive-drug coverage

At least 10 people resigned from the Expensive Drugs for Rare Diseases Committee after the Health Minister reversed a decision to cut drug coverage for a 10-year-old Langford girl
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College says B.C. won’t relax policy against doctors treating family

College says B.C. won’t relax policy against doctors treating family

Ontario is allowing doctors practising in remote, rural and Indigenous communities to provide medical care to family members if there isn’t another option.
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Doctor recruitment campaign draws almost 780 applications from U.S.

Doctor recruitment campaign draws almost 780 applications from U.S.

Recruitment efforts included an ad campaign that launched in early June and targeted Washington, Oregon and select cities in California.
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Langford girl to get privately funded infusion of pricey drug

Langford girl to get privately funded infusion of pricey drug

Charleigh Pollock’s mother says she hopes private funding will get her daughter through the summer months, after the province cut off coverage
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Decision on Langford girl's drug coverage won't change: health minister

Decision on Langford girl's drug coverage won't change: health minister

Josie Osborne says Island Health is in discussions with Charleigh’s family around the possibility of the family using private funds to pay for the drug.
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Comox parents call for health-care system changes after death of 11-year-old son

Comox parents call for health-care system changes after death of 11-year-old son

Brayden Robbins, an 11-year-old boy with cerebral palsy, died on his second visit in seven days to the ER at Comox Valley Hospital.
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Second Islander joins B.C. Green leadership race

Second Islander joins B.C. Green leadership race

Emily Lowan, 24, announced her candidacy on Thursday, a day after Comox town councillor and family doctor Jonathan Kerr.
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Parents of terminally ill Langford girl 'cautiously optimistic' about meeting with health minister

Parents of terminally ill Langford girl 'cautiously optimistic' about meeting with health minister

The family of Charleigh Pollock is fighting the province’s decision to discontinue coverage of the drug Brineura to slow the progression of Batten disease, a fatal neurodegenerative disorder.
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B.C. looks for ways to remove criminal element from supportive housing

B.C. looks for ways to remove criminal element from supportive housing

Changes to the Residential Tenancy Act are among the items a new working group will examine as it looks for ways to remove drug-trafficking and weapons from supportive housing buildings.
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Dad's prolonged hospital hallway stay raises questions for Edroff family

Dad's prolonged hospital hallway stay raises questions for Edroff family

Angie Edroff and daughter Frankie, formerly Jeneece, posted a video this week saying Denis Edroff has been on a bed in a hallway for three weeks.
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